EntertainmentAriana Grande Delivers Heartfelt Acceptance Speech At Billboard Woman Of The Year Awards

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“ Ariana Grande is a star on her own terms, never bending to any particular musical trend or path in the industry,” says Ross Scarano, Billboard ’s vp of Beyond music, Grande uses her platform and strength to support causes she believes in. She took part in March for Our Lives earlier this year in

As Ariana Grande took the stage to accept the Woman of the Year award at this year 's Billboard Women In Music event Thursday night (Dec. Continuing her encouraging and heartfelt sentiment, she added, "I’m really looking forward to embracing whatever happens and whatever comes my way."

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Ariana Grande is Billboard's Woman of the Year, with the "Thank U, Next" singer making it official by accepting this year's award at a Thursday-night ceremony in New York City.

Grande, 25, was presented with the honour by legendary singer Patti LaBelle, reports Billboard, who offered high praise by describing Grande as "all that and a bag of chips."

"Thank you so much for coming to my Quinceanera, I appreciate it," joked Grande, admitting she felt "completely undeserving" of the Woman of the Year title.

"This is really special. I want to say that I find it interesting that this has been one of the best years in my career and one of like the worst years in my life," she said, fighting back tears.

"I'm just saying that because I feel like a lot of people would look at someone in my position right now I guess; Woman of the Year, an artist that could be at her peak, reaching her you know, whatever, and think, you know, 'She's really got her s**t together; she's really on it; she has got it all'. I do, but as far as my personal life goes I really have no idea what the f**k I am doing," she added.

"So yeah, it's been a very conflicting one. I just want to say if you're someone out there who has no idea what this next chapter is going to bring, you're not alone in that," she continued.

Ariana Grande is '60 percent champagne'

Ariana Grande has joked she is ''60 per cent'' champagne because she's been drinking a lot lately. Ariana Grande is ''60 per cent'' champagne. The 'No More Tears Left To Cry' hitmaker - who has suffered a difficult few months in her personal life following the death of her former boyfriend Mac Miller and the end of her engagement to Pete Davison - admitted she has been drinking a lot lately and joked the fluids in her body now consist more of alcohol than anything else. She said: ''I don't think I've ever consumed more alcohol than I have in the past month. I am champagne.

Selena Gomez is honored with the ' Woman of the Year ' award at Billboard Women in Music. "Specifically this year , I would like to thank my amazing team and my family because they stuck with me through some really hard times," Gomez continued.

American singer and actress Ariana Grande , as of August 2017, has won 66 awards out of over 136 nominations. Her debut album Yours Truly was released in 2013 and debuted at No. 1 on the US

She concluded her speech by sharing her hopes for the new year, and putting the drama of of her whirlwind engagement-breakup behind her. "I look forward to hopefully learning to give some of the love and forgiveness that I have given away so frivolously and easily to men in the past to myself this year," she said.

Grande also performed her latest hit, "Thank U, Next" at the gala. Watch:

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